Account management apps aren't the most exciting pieces of software. Reading about one is liable to be even less interesting when you can't even get the service in your area. I understand. Having to write about Google Fiber when I can't get it doesn't feel much better.

Google has released a Fiber app that lets you manage your account, set up Wi-Fi, check speeds, and pay your bill. There's also an included help section in case you run into trouble. This app follows a previous release that handled Fiber TV.

What's really notable here is the design. Carrier apps are hardly the most visually pleasing pieces of software to run on our phones. There are exceptions, such as the app Ting customers use to help them stay within their tiers. Google's Project Fi app is, unsurprisingly, a looker as well.

Fiber now has that kind of app. Now if only more of us could have Fiber.

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Sason Rashidi

Fibertown is only two hour away

Scott

Fun fact: College Station is the home to Texas A&M.

WilliamTell13

153Mbps download isn't that much, right? I get 175 with (evil) Comcast. That upload speed though....

Blake Sweeney

Wifi is the bottleneck. They apparently aren't using an AC router.

Badouken

This is indeed correct the network box google gives with fiber only has up to wireless N and doesn't support AC. They might have a newer box for newer subscribers that includes AC but I'm not sure.

HiroRoshi

The newer Google Fiber network boxes do support AC and 4x4 MIMO. I have it.

Badouken

Yeah just looked it up xD . Is it only for the Network + TV network boxes? I just looked it up and it said GFRG100 and GFRG110 are N only but GFRG200 and GFRG210 are AC. Now I want to know if I have the newer box or not.

Judging by the fact that Google Maps Navigation is STILL in beta, I think Project Fi will remain a "Project" for, well, ever.

JG

GMail spent almost half (5.25 of its 12 years) of its current life in Beta to...

mvilcis

Beta just means "look, we're not completely committed to this yet and you shouldn't expect something good... Or too bug-free"

JG

I'm surprised Fi and Fiber haven't merged already. When Fi launched last year, I kind of figured they would work together. Then they'd be like Comcast, Time Warner, etc, offering Internet, TV & phone service. Though, since it was Google, they would focus more on mobile phone than landline phone like the others have gone. It was especially surprising when Google announced they were going to add land line service to Fiber and launched a new service instead of pulling in Fi.

Though in the near future, Fiber might at least help out Fi. Fiber has apparently been working on possibly augmenting their service with WiFi for areas where it would be too cost prohibitive to run fiber lines to each house. In other words, more rural areas -- which happen to be where Sprint and T-Mobile have traditionally lacked in coverage. I hope that the Fiber team thinks of their Project Fi cousins and sets up the network in such a way that our Fi devices can detect it and automatically sign in via WiFi Assistant. Then if we break down while driving through Hillbilly Land we might have the chance of having some (WiFi) phone service to call a tow truck.

Since Sprint and especially T-Mobile also rely on WiFi calling when there's no cell service, this could also help to extend their own network coverage as well. Maybe Google could lease them access to the WiFi network in exchange for a deduction in the price of cellular data or some other perk like higher preferential status on busy towers etc.

Hexlattice

Yay for one of the few reasons living in Provo is worth it!

Mike in KC

Cool! Installing now!

mvilcis

You have Fiber?

Oh my, I want to live with you

Dean

#nohomo

fd

When are you guys going spread this? It'll be 50 years before Google opens in at least one city per state.